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13th Amendment
(African American) This amendment ended slavery -
14th Amendment
(African American) Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the
law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used
amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment
(African American) This amendment gave voting right to black MALES -
Plessy v. Ferguson
(African American) Was a court case that the Supreme Court ruled segregation legal (Separate but equal) -
19th Amendment
(Women) Allowed for Women to vote -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
(Women) Was an amendment that was passed, but not ratified. (would have banned discrimination based on gender) -
Executive Order 9981
(African American) Truman ordered armed forces to desegregate (was a little after WWII) -
Brown v. Board of Education
(African American) It basically overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (Segregation became illegal and was no longer allowed) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
(African American) Started with Rosa Parks not giving up her seat at the front of the bus. Was a political and social protest to the bus segregation in Montgomery at the time. -
Little Rock 9
(African American) The school board in little rock, Arkansas, allowed for 9 African american students to attend a white school. The governor (Orval Faubus) called on the national guard to stop them from entering the school, as well as an angry white mob surrounding the school trying to intimidate them. The violence pushed Eisenhower over the edge and he ordered the US army to escort the nine students to school for a year. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
(African American) Creation of a voting panel so that the African American right to vote isn’t violated. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
(Chicano) Started in barrios (a district of a town in Spain and Spanish speaking countries). Artist started using Walls of city buildings, housing, projects, schools, etc. to depict Mexican-American Culture -
Freedom Riders
(African American) Were African american civil rights activist who rode buses into the deep south to challenge segregation -
Cesar Chavez
(Chicano Movement) used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers. Made the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 (esp. Mexican-Americans) -
24th Amendment
(African American) Abolished poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
(African American) 1964; banned discrimination in public accommodations, prohibited discrimination in any federally assisted program, outlawed discrimination in most employment; enlarged federal powers to protect voting rights and to speed school desegregation; this and the voting rights act helped to give African-Americans equality on paper, and more federally-protected power so that social equality was a more realistic goal -
Black Panthers
(African American) An African-American organization formed by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton that was made to provide services in the ghetto and fight police brutality -
MLK Assassinated
(African American) King was fatally shot by James Earl Ray. This caused many to become disillusioned with peaceful protest (Malcome X and later Robert F. Kennedy would be killed) -
american Indian Movement (AIM) (P.S I had to change the date to 1969 because it wouldn't let me edit the month so it would always be behind the assassination of MLK)
(Native Americans) A Civil rights group inspired by the NAACP made for native Americans -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court
(Chicanos) 1st person of puerto rican descent to serve in the supreme court
